Jackroadkill

I'm pretty sure that Progressive Vegetarian Grindcore was a thing in the early 2000's.

Sounds a bit like Welsh time - "I'll be there now, in a minute".

I fired the cab up in the rehearsal studio tonight and have some observations: 1 - It's very loud; when compared to my usual cab (Eden 2x15, no tweeter) using the same amp settings it gives noticeably more volume. 2 - Frequency response (or perceived frequency response) is very good; it maintains sweetness in the high end and it doesn't get overly clacky, even with the bass's tone control fully up. 3 - It's chuffing heavy; I've not weighed it, but it's somewhere between monolithic and made of the hearts of collapsed stars. 4 - It's very responsive; even with my Cali76 Bass compressor in use the dynamics are pretty open, and when digging in it moves air around without hesitation, but when playing normally it stays pretty sweet. 5 - The bottom end is big and full but not woolly. 6 - It pairs well with my amp. All in all I'm very happy with how the project has turned out. Cheers, JRK

Talking of pushing air, those ports really do their job. I could feel my shorts flapping when I turned the wick up.

@Greg Edwards69, same here. Hope you get sorted swiftly.

Whew, good job I did this yesterday, eh?!

I think the only things I've bought this year have been a pair of 15" speakers for my old Sunn cab. They sound cool and shift some serious air, so I guess they're my winner.

I managed to get some workshop time in today, and scrubbed the Tolex clean (well, cleaner, at any rate). Then I was able to connect the speakers, screw them in and replace the grille, which I'd cleaned with a carefully-applied pressure washer. I hooked it all up to two different amps and tried it out; oh my goodness it's loud! I also noticed that it made the differences between each amp very apparent, so I'm happy about that; it also gave a lot of definition in terms of the tone and volume controls on the (cheap plywood) bass. So far I'm very happy with it. Thanks once again to everyone who chipped in with advice etc; I'm looking forward to getting it into the practise room on Tuesday and giving it a workout. Cheers, JRK

Absolutely; @Bill Fitzmaurice's advice has been invaluable with this project and I'm very grateful for his taking the time and effort to help me.

Coolest car ever.

I find this incredibly frustrating; it's simple good etiquette to allow the previous band to vacate the stage before bringing any gear onstage.

I think the cables are steel, Bill. Not sure if that makes any difference? Still, thanks for the tip; all knowledge gratefully received. I managed to clean the grille cloth today. After some umm-ing and ahh-ing, I took the agricultural approach and pressure-washed it, which worked a treat!

No worries, Richard; I was hoping to have something more exciting to show you by this evening but have encountered issues with my soldering iron (as in, it's knackered) and so I've had to order another. I have, however, come up with a plan for the connection of the drivers - tin the cables up, run them through the spring connectors and then heat-shrink them (carefully) into place. Cheers, JRK

Ha, yeah, I didn't think of that..!